Trump pledges to stay in 2024 presidential race even if he is criminally charged

Former president Donald Trump said connected Saturday helium volition stay successful the 2024 statesmanlike contention adjacent if helium faces transgression charges successful the ongoing investigations into his handling of White House documents and alleged 2020 predetermination tampering.

Trump made the pledge in effect to Newsmax's James Rosen, a erstwhile Fox News reporter, astatine a property league astatine the Conservative Political Action Conference, oregon CPAC, Rosen tweeted connected Saturday.

Trump launched his 2024 White House bid successful November, a week aft Republicans mislaid a fig of important midterm races.

Recent polling of GOP voters showed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, wide deemed Trump's main competition, would bushed Trump if the 2 came head-to-head. DeSantis has not yet launched a bid for the presidency.

Trump's run takes spot amid an ongoing Department of Justice probe into whether helium removed astir 3,000 documents from the White House and perchance tampered with 2020 predetermination results. The FBI seized nearly 200,000 pages of documents from Trump's Mar-a-Lago spot successful September.

The probe came aft Trump was impeached twice with charges of precocious crimes and misdemeanors, erstwhile for allegedly utilizing U.S. overseas assistance to extort Ukraine and a 2nd clip for allegedly inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection astatine the U.S. Capitol.